› added 1 year ago

38

TIL that Oak trees can hybridize naturally.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Mk4a TIL one of the drugs to treat Valium dependency is… Valium.
4XmEJ TIL of Eric Erickson, a Swedish businessman who pretended to be devoted to the Nazis, but was really a spy for the American military. He made more than 30 trips to Germany between 1939-1945. He mapped out oil refineries that were later bombed. His family had disowned him for “supporting” Hitler.
yVoJa TIL that TGI Fridays banned “flair” because of the movie Office Space.
wQWE TIL a “paracosm” is the proper word for a detailed imaginary world created inside one’s mind.
xOjB TIL that the film version of “Fahrenheit 451” has spoken opening credits in keeping with the film’s story of a world without reading matter.